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Fuel: more than 33,000 liters have been stolen since August! News from Auto Plus in your smartphone News from Auto Plus in your mailbox

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Fuel: more than 33,000 liters have been stolen since August!  News from Auto Plus in your smartphone News from Auto Plus in your mailbox

Since the beginning of the year, the price of fuel has literally soared, in some places a liter still exceeds the two euro mark. gas station. And that’s despite a 30-cent discount from the government, which is due to expire soon. Although most motorists complain about the situation, of course they have no choice but to adapt. Sometimes even if it means cutting back on their travel, both personal and business. Which creates certain difficulties, especially since this increase in prices is accompanied by a deficit that is only beginning to be slowly resolved. But for some, there is no question of adapting and paying a high price.

Organized flight

Indeed, a few days ago, on October 24 to be precise, the owner of a service station in Limoges called a police patrol. Indeed, three people were simply stealing fuel from the pumps, unaware that the police were going to pick them. Quickly interrogated, the bandits did not wait long for confessions, when they were caught red-handed anyway. Then the latter describe in detail their mode of operation, a very simple one, which they found with the help of tutorials on the Internet. Thus, you can get several dozen of them liters of gasoline and diesel, for a very small amount. A scam that reminds us of the five-euro scam born a few months earlier.

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It’s a big pity

But the station master also claimed that he had seen these people come many times before using a similar method. After an investigation, the police discovered that a total of over 33,000 liters had been stolen, representing the amount is more than 63,000 euros. Three people, two 19-year-old men and a 24-year-old woman, were taken into custody and are due to appear in court in the coming months.

Author: Mary Lizak
Source: Auto Plus

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